Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 20-Apr-1946 2:45 PM·Western Oval·26,000 att.
Footscray
15.10 (100)
vs
Essendon
14.14 (98)
Footscray won by 2

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray2.0 (12)7.7 (49)8.8 (56)15.10 (100)15.10 (100)
Essendon4.3 (27)6.6 (42)11.12 (78)14.14 (98)14.14 (98)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#8 Pat Cahill
#2 Alan Collins2
#19 Reg Evenden
#5 Ron Grove
#9 Pat Hand
#7 Harry Hickey1
#27 Len McCankie
#21 George McLaren
#14 Jim Miller
#29 Allan Moncrieff1
#15 Alby Morrison
#3 Arthur Olliver3
#11 Evan Rees
#10 Joe Ryan1
#6 Charlie Sutton
#1 Jim Thoms1
#25 Tom Tribe
#4 Norm Ware3
#11 Joe Weldon
#28 Bill Wood3

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#25 Gordon Abbott
#23 Bill Brittingham5
#35 Percy Bushby1
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#19 Jack Cassin1
#18 Les Gardiner
#6 George Hassell
#7 Bill Hutchison
#24 Jack Jones
#27 Ron Jory1
#14 Chris Lambert
#22 Gordon Lane
#26 Jack Lyons
#4 Allan Matheson2
#31 Ivor McIvor1
#20 Bill Pearson
#2 Keith Rawle1
#3 Dick Reynolds2
#21 Cec Ruddell
#1 Herbie Tonkes